This article is from page 17 of the 2006-10-10 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 17 JPG
THE Shannon Airport Authority (SAA) has generated over €30 million in revenues from the 250,000 US troops that have passed through the airport in the first nine months of this year.
However, the figures for the third quarter of 2006 show that there has been a drop of 49 per cent in troops numbers on the corresponding period for 2005.
This follows the withdrawal of the main carrier of troops, World Airways at the end of June. The airline decided to transfer its operations to Leipzig, Germany.
The SAA yesterday confirmed that 250,220 have passed through Shannon to the end of September. Last year was a record one for Shannon, with 340,688 troops using the airport’s facilities.
It is estimated that the 250,220 troops have produced revenues of €30.8 million for the SAA this year.
However, figures for the third quarter of this year show that 41,146 troops used Shannon, compared to 81,371 troops for the corresponding period in 2005.
The figures show that 11,670 troops passed through Shannon in July; 16,770 in August and 12,706 in September.
Meanwhile, the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) confirmed that it is to meet with unions in Limerick next Wednesday (11th oct) under the auspices of the Labour Relations Commissions (LRC) in a renewed bid to kick-start talks on the future of Shannon Airport.